Razor-blade holder



Nov.- 8, 1927. 1,648,618

L. o. MCGOURTY RAZOR BLADE HOLDER Filed April 1926 INVENTOR WITNESSES vl. 0. 27 6010 BY f ATTORNEYS Cir Patented Nov. 8, 1927.

LAURENCE OWEN arceouary, or NEW YORK, N.

RAZOR-BLADE HOLDER.

Ap'pli' cation filed April 3, 1926.

tion relates to razor blade holders, an object of the invention being topro vide a simple, inexpensive device into which a razor blade of thesafety razor type may be readily inserted, securely held and properlypositioned for use either as a knife or, more especially, for use as aholder to sharpen or hone the blade.

' A further object is to provide a device of this character whichrequires no means for holding the blade other than the clamping actionof the holder itself and requires no manual adjustment of the holder toreceive and accommodate the blade.

lVith these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a View in side elevation of myimproved blade holder;

Figure 2 is an end View of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a View in transverse section on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a view in transverse section on the line H of Figure 1;

Figures 5 and 6 are views of opposite edges which constitute the upperand lower edges of the holder shown in Figure 1, the blade beingomit-ted.

My improved razor blade holder comprises a pair of strips 1 and 2, whichare prefer- This inven ably of wood or other non-metallic materialhaving the necessary strength, flexibility and elasticity for thepurpose intended.

These strips are of any desired length and are located side by side orsuperimposed one on the other and rigidly secured together adjacent oneend. As securing means I have illustrated rivets 3 which are projectedthrough both strips 1' and 2, and this end of the device in which therivets are projected constitutes the handle of the razor blade holder,the other end of the device constituting the blade receiving end.

Over the back or rear edges of the strips 1 and 2 atits blade receivingend, I secure a channel-shaped metal clamp 4, this clamp being securedto the strips by inwardly indenting the clamp at both sides thereof,

forming lugs 5 which project into the strips 1 and 2. This metal clamp 4may be of brass or any other suitable material which will Serial No.99,560.

rigidly hold the strips. 1 and 2 together at the back; and rear edgesthereof.

It willbe noted that the clamp extends over or partially across'theouter face or transverse dimension of eachstrip, so that the pressure ofthe opposite side portions of the same act to causethe forward or leadingedge portions of the strips 1 and 2 at the blade-receding end have atendency to flare apart, as'shown'inFigure 2. Also, the longitudinaledges of the oppositesides of theclamp t are disposed inthe approximateplane of the longitudinal centers of the strips so as to effect apositive clamping of the parts together, and whereby. the pressureaforesaid will be uniformly exerted on the inserted edge portion of theblade throughout its length.

6 represents a safety razor blade which is readily positioned betweenthe strips 1 and 2, and this can be best accomplished by first forcingone end of the razor blade 6 between the strips 1 and 2, then swingingthe blade to a position parallel to the edges of the strips 1 and 2. Theinner edge portion of the blade will be securely clamped or sus tainedbetween the strips 1 and 2 by the pressure exerted on the engaged rearedge portions of the latter by the opposite side portions of the clamp4:, while the intermediate portion of the blade will be substantiallyfree from contact with the flared forward or leading edge portions ofthe strips 1 and 2, so that the natural flexibility of the blade will bepractically unrestrained for proper and efiicient stropping or honingpurposes. It is to be noted that the edge of the blade between jured asthere will be a uniform and even pressure on the oppositesides of theblade and the blade will come into contact with no metal partswhichmight otherwise injure the same.

l/Vhen the blade is thus positioned in the device it can be manipulatedfor any purpose, the primary use, as above stated, being to holdtheblade for sharpening or honing. hile I have illustrated a particulartype of blade, it is obvious that the invention is not limited to theparticular blade employed, and various slight changes and alterationsmight be made in the general form of the parts described withoutdeparting from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to theprecise details set forth but consider the strips will not be inmyselfat liberty to make such slight changes 2. A blade holder comprising abody and alterations as fairly fall Within the formed of a pair ofstrips, one superimposed spirit and scope of the appended claims. on theother, means for permanently secur- I claim: ing said strips together atone side of the 5 1. A blade holder comprising a body transverse'centersthereof to form a handle formed of a air of elon ated stri s one ortionand a clam en a ed over the ed es D 7 7 23 D C superimposed on theother, said strips being of both of said strips at the rear side of theI i secured together to one side of the trans body and at the other sideof the transverse 'verse center of the same and forming a hancenterthereof, the longitudinal edges of said 10 dle portion, and a resilientclamp engaged clamp being disposed inwardly of the enover the edges ofboth of saidstrips at the gaged rear edges of the strips andparallelrear side of the body' and at the other side thereto whereby thepressure of theopposite of the transverse center thereof, the longisides of the clamp acts to flare the forward tudinal edges of said clampbeing disposed edge portions of said strips to permit greater 15 in anapproximate plane of the longitudinal flexing of a blade positionedbetween the center of said body whereby the pressure strips andthe rearedge portion only of the of the opposite sides of the clamp acts toblade is clampingly sustained by the presflare the forward edge portionsof said strips sure of the forward edge portions or the to permitgreater flexing of the blade posiopposite sides oi the clamp, theflexing of tioned between the strips and the rear edge the clamped bladeacting to increase the fricportion only of the blade is clampinglysustional clamping efiect on the same of the tained by the pressure ofthe forward edge clamped portions of said strips. portionsof theopposite sides of the clamp. LAURENCE OWEN MOGOURTY.

